Macron's gamble: Will snap elections stop the rise of French far right? • FRANCE 24 English

First came the exit polls. Then, less than an hour later: a second shock. On the heels of the French far right’s record score in European elections, President Emmanuel Macron dissolved parliament and called surprise snap elections.
#French Elections #Macron #Far Right

[keihndeth]

Major credit to Eleonore Caroit for staying composed and shutting down that nutjob

[dawahgstudio]

This is exactly what French ppl and Europe don’t want to see, ppl like Obono playing the victim, don’t even let the other speakers talk, blaming everyone else instead of thinking why ppl don’t want to vote for the left. You should be ashamed of yourself, attacking other parties on live TV like a street hooligan.
Learn your debate skills before getting back to any debate. Unbelievable.

[BRODI-vthy]

“In November 2017, Obono was involved in another controversy after she defended union meetings in Seine-Saint-Denis that were closed to white people. After the government announced it would sue the organisers, Obono had an altercation with Mélenchon in the National Assembly, following his support of the government on this matter.”

Totally normal French behaviour not some subversive self hating African

[rabanvonstudnitz]

Madame Caroit was very impressive with her calm demeanor in the face of the constant harassing of this left-wing woman who behaved very uncultured. The host of the show was weak and lacked taking back control of the discussion which got out of hand when madame Caroit tried to explain her position.

[JuanAlejandroRaveloUrbaez]

Yeah, I truly believe Mme Obono when she says she can be "much worse than that" and I can imagine how the behavior might be at the Parliament: off camera, surrounded by her peers; it's a very enlightening view.

[ramdev]

The woman in the shocking pink belongs in a fish market.

[jean-sebastiencaron]

Could we have an host who has the balls to manage a debate properly please...

[JWSitterley]

Spain, Italy, Germany, Vichy France, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Sweden, the Baltics and Finland... Fighting Communism since 1870. 💡

[VaucluseVanguard]

You lost most people when you used the phrase ‘far right’.

[thegracienetwork]

Daniele might want to let the host get a chance to speak once in a while...could make her argument more effective

[joker_g]

Calling to vote at the last minute during the July holidays. And no way to vote per mail.
Great thinking.

[tangobalraj]

Very enlightening and inspiring to hear Ahmad with his views, personal experience as a Palestinian from Gaza and ideas for peace. And to hear him expressing hope despite the present carnage is truly couragous

[maginotu]

Unfortunately The Debate became a free-for=all. I could.t even understand large parts. I had to stop watching.

[davidswift]

Francois Picard who's supposed to have been chairing the discussion should have done something about that Danièle Obono's constant interruptions. How about learning some manners and let people say what they have to without shouting over them? It's not a school kids' debate for goodness sake.

[brandonhultgren]

Interesting how the labels are “left” and “FAR right”

[rosemariebredahl]

Difficulties passing legislation may be better than easily passing unjust legislation (?).

[agatastaniak]

Meanwhile in Poland people watching France on TV and thinking to themselves "Quelle bordelle !". ;-)

[engineeranonymous]

These votes do not come from space. Even from abroad anyone can see that people are tired of Macron's "strategic ambiguous policy" not only on Russia but everything.

[DerDoMeN]

Why is doing what's right a gamble.
Sure... It could be a calculated strategy... But as far as I'm concerned it's also what should be done and Macron deserves the respect for more often than not doing what's right and not what's popular - a true leader (unlike the populists that want to get voters by doing what's popular - for that type of short sightedness we already have the public sector...)

[ShadowAkatora]

The French continuing their streak of surrender. 🏳